Radio23.org emerges April 23rd as a new breed of community radio station. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, but with broadcasters covering the globe, Radio23 is a non-commercial, freeform radio station dedicated to providing an international platform for innovative, creative home broadcasters.

With the launch of our first channel, anyone with high-speed internet can experience underground music and culture from all parts of the globe, created by more than five dozen weekly live broadcasters. Every two hours, a new live broadcaster takes the reigns from a distant land and offers a view of what's happening in their creative community.

Since underground broadcasting and unknown music are some of our specialties, Radio23 has partnered with Radioactivity.fm and WFMU's Free Music Archive to ensure that, although dynamic DIY content may sometimes be obscure, our listeners will not only find new music, but easily connect to the artists they hear.

The live broadcast & launch celebration starts at 5pm, April 23rd, 2009:

6:30PMDJ Thanksgiving Brown broadcasts live from San Francisco, California.

LAUNCH PARTY at The Bell House7:30pm doors, 8:00pm show149 7th St. in Brooklyn, New York

With performances (in order) by:

Grade 13Grade 13 is a group of teenage girls from New York who - through the viBeSongMakers program and under the direction of Young People's Katie Eastburn - met last August to write and record a collection of original songs in collaboration with professional musicians. The resulting album, "Sidewalk Chalk," was recently released with the girls, ranging in age from 15 to 18. They wrote all the songs for Sidewalk Chalk themselves, tackling themes of self-acceptance, poverty, sexual identity, broken families and the pain and confusion of young love with insight and playfulness, unflinching honesty and at times a surprising sense of maturity. (vimeo)

Nine 11 Thesarus is a group of middle schoolers who broadcast every week on R23 from IS 291 in Bushwick, Brooklyn. They are the newest group formed through the Representing NYC program, presenting Brooklyn's most fearsome and irreverent rap.

Tiny Toones (1st NYC appearance) from Phnom Penh, CambodiaTiny Toones Cambodia uses breakdancing, Hip-Hop music, and the contemporary arts as creative tools to empower the youth of Cambodia to live healthier lives free of HIV and drugs, build a more promising future by furthering their educational opportunities, and become positive role models for their community. Seven of the peer mentors of Tiny Toones, former street kids who have matured into the role models of the program, will be performing a breakdancing routine and several of their songs.

GODGOD could be compared to folks like AMM or the Improvised Music From Japan crew, due to the meticulous attention paid to the construction of even the most minute sounds in their pieces. Bryan Eubanks and Leif Sundstrom have been playing music together for more than a decade; though they're both now in NYC, they're veteran kingpins in Portland, Oregon's vibrant experimental music & arts scene.

Alexis O'HaraAlexis O'Hara is a trilingual performance artist with a penchant for experimentation: Producing street theatre in Toronto, making dirty movies in Vancouver, frying her ass for the art-hungry hordes in Geneva, and singing in a myriad of musical projects from jazz combos, to all-girl punk outfits and improv electronic jam collectives. (maple music)Roberto C. Lange + David EllisOver the past couple of years, Roberto has teamed up with visual and sound artist David Ellis to compose his kinetic sculpture creations - the most recent, a 25-foot catfish with paint cans for teeth and fly swatters for taste buds. The catfish is skinned with 12" LP records and beat boxes. Currently, Roberto is working with prolific music producer Guillermo Scott Herren (Prefuse 73), helping to produce and create a new palate of sounds for the forthcoming Prefuse 73 album. (vimeo)

Ellis' work continues to interpret music and sound. His paintings are often recorded in a form of digital time-lapse animation Ellis calls "motion painting." Like jazz, these works provide Ellis with an opportunity to combine ideas with collaborators or work solo within a form that promotes improvisation and spontaneity. For a recent commission the artist painted a truck from sunup to sundown over five consecutive days. Ellis often stages events when exhibiting his motion paintings, inviting musicians, performers, and sound artists to interpret the work live. His motion painting, Paint on Trucks in a World in Need of Love was recently exhibited at MoMA.

Prefuse 73(aka: Guillermo Scott Herren) is nothing if not proven. It's hard to think of a name that carries as much weight in both hip-hop and avant- rock circles as Prefuse 73, who in the past year alone has been asked to remix TV On The Radio, Pelican, BLK JKS and Cornelius, not to mention his early collaborations with School of Seven Bells and Battles. These interactions have clearly helped to shape the evolving Prefuse 73 sonic aesthetic, which has expanded to include Herren's twisted visions of prog-rock, "machine funk" and global psychedelia. From Delarosa & Asora to Savath & Savalas, through to Prefuse 73 and Diamond Watch Wrists, there's no way to underestimate the reach of Guillermo Scott Herren's influence - and 2009 appears to be a significant culmination of the artist's most resounding material.

First Community Radio Station of Orissa in KonarkOrissadiary.com - Bhubaneswar,Orissa,IndiaReport by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar : The first CommunityRadio Station of Orissa is going to be established at Konark by YoungIndia. ...<http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowBussinessNews.asp?id=12051>

Young India has obtained Letter of Intent, Frequency (90.4MHz) & SACFAfrom the concerned Ministries of Govt of India. Very soon Young India willsign Agreement (GOPA) with Ministry of I & B, GoI regarding the same & asper the guideline within 3 months after agreement the Station should beaired. Now Young India is waiting for helping hand in this regard. If youknow any option of funding for Community Radio plz inform.

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